Pie baking pan



July 2, 1935. F. w. BIRKENHAUER PIE BAKING PAN Filed June 18, 1934 INVENTO'R 2.

v BY M I I I g ATTORNEY Patented July 2, 1935 I r i g 7 PIELBAKING PAN Frederick" w.. Birkcnhauer, Newark, N. J.,fas-

signor Pic Bakeries, Inca Newark, N. J., a" corporation of Delaware Application: June 18,1934, Serial No. 731,100 8 Claims; (01-. 53-

This invention relates particularly to pie=bakthat the sheets of dough for the crust shall be ing, pans comprising a: plurality of pie receptaeconomically used and loss of time and money cles or compartments. incident to trimming of the crusts shall be re- Inthe manufacture of. small. pies, due to the: duced. i

s small size and thediiiiculty of handling of indi- Another object is to provide in such'a pie bale- 51 vidual-pans and crusts for the: pies; it has been ing pan unit, individual pans of novel polygonalthe practice to provide asingle pan with a plushape so that the angles formed between the ral-ity of compartments one for each pie, or to" sides of the various pans shallbe complemental .arrange a plurality of pans, one for eachpie, in a to each other to permit the pans to be arranged 1 frame, so that several pies can be made and in close contact without spacesbetween them, 1ozhandled at one time. In making the piesu-nder and the pans shall include no 'acuteangles; so this practice, the-sheets of. dough for: the crusts that-they can be easily manufactured andcleanedi' are made large; enough to: cover allef theme: and the bottom crusts can be caused to snugly pans or compartments, In some instances the contact with all portions of the bottoms and. 5, individual. pans or compartments have been side walls of the pans to ensure uniform baking [5.

squarev as shown in my copending. application 1 of the crusts. g Serial No. 670,668, but the corners ofv the pans; other objects are to provide a multiple pan have: been rounded. due tor-difficulty in making unit of this character wherein the individual them angular as well. as the difficul-ty of applypans shall be equilaterally hexagonal in plan at ing. and trimming the. crusts. v This results in at their top or edges and circular at their bottoms, 2t generally square ensemble, that the unit inand-the side walls shall be in effect conical fora cluding the several. individual pans is. square, and portion of their height from the bottoms to; the inasmuch as the sheets of dough from the crusts topedges oi the pans so as to reducev or eliminate are in general. circular a considerable amount angular corners in the sides adjacent the botof dough is cutofi'intrimming. Similar diificul toms of the pans; and to obtainother advang5;

ties arise when the. individual pans are, circular; tages. and results as will be brought out by the s and with both square and circular individual following description; pans, considerable space is wasted in theover-all; Referring to. the. accompanying drawing indimensions oi the unit including. theseveral inwhich corresponding and like parts are desig divifiul p because of the es betw t hated throughout the. several viewsby the same 3a.

pans, as well as the irregular shapes of the units. reference h t Furthermore, i'nsuch units there are spaces be- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a pie baking pan tween the individualpans and as the result of embodying my invention v s trimming, portions of the crusts remain in these Figure 2 is fragmentary tt plan View;

UNITE-in STATE PATENT. OFFICE? x Spaces and are carried to t Overland thereby Figure 3 is a. transverse vertical sectional view become a total loss. Individual pans having the thmugh t taken o the line of shape of. .a segment of .a circle have been prorural V posed, and While sevemlp S1161} Pans be q f Figure. 4- is a fragmentary sectional View taken ly. and efiiciently arranged in a umt, the indln the line 4+4 f Figure 1 vidual pics are difficult vto handle and distribute, Figure 515 an enlarged fragmentary/finial. g

a are-not attractive M reover, th sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1, individualpans are difiicul't to manufacture beand p ca of Shapemthermqlie, 'wlth the? Figure 6 is a fragmentaryside elevation oi the knownpolygonal shapes. of the pans it is :diffistmetureshown m Figure 5' 45, cultt'ocause.c'ont%ct.ofth f% i sf h; Specifically describing the illustrated. embodie is theflde Walls of t e pantespffnafly 1 8 2 5 meat. of the invention the reference characters g j zgg zg gggfiiiggggg 55 933 i A designate individual'p-ie pans, receptacles .or. tipIe pie baking pan u t embodying a novel and g g-1 :35:53;pgdlrhliilmarzssggiiigotlogeihgia improved constr ction an com ination 0 in mg" there are seven of the: pansvA and each p hereb the ans can be arran ed I p g gfi ig tg y m side edgesin has a substantially equi-lateral hexagonal top rect contacting relation and without' any spaces e I; a circular bottom 2, and Side Wa11$ 3 which between the pans, and the area within'the o flare upwardly and outwardly from the bottom. all dimensions of the unit shall be efiiciently and The portions t of the side walls adiacent theeconomically utilized for the reception of pies, so bottom of I the pan are: appr xlmately irusto-v conical and merge into the upper portions of th side wall. As shown in Figures 1 and i, the portions 4 of the side walls correspond in effect to the surface of a cone, while the other portions 5 of the side wall correspond in effect to the sides of an equi-lateral hexagonal pyramid. The angular relations of the portions 4 of the side walls to the bottom of the pan is less than the angular relation of the other portions 5 of the side walls, as clearly shown in Figure 4, which would be produced by the superimposing coaxially of a hollow hexagonal pyramid upon the frustum of a cone whose apex angle is less than the apex angle of the pyramid andwhose base is of a fillameter equal to or greater than that of an. 1n-

scribed circle on the base of the pyramid, with the cone intersecting and passing through the sides of the pyramid. Such a construction obviates angular corners at the bottom of the pan and throughout a portion of the side walls thereof, so that a pie crust can be easily placed in contact withall portions of the bottom and side walls of the pan to ensure perfect baking of a crust, and there will be a minimum of accumulation of grease and foreign matter in the angular portions of the pan. Furthermore, the structure permits the easy removal of a pie fromthe pan, obviating the sticking of the crust in angular corners.

Each pan has a horizontal marginal flange 5 adjacent its top from which projects an upstanding perimetral flange I which may cooperate with rollers or other means for severing the top and bottom crusts of the pie along the edges of the an. p Meansis provided for connecting all of the pans together, and as shown this means consists of a frame B consisting of a single piece of sheet material having a plurality of openings 8, one for each pan A. The openings in the frame are arranged so that the pans are located in the same general plane in contact'mg relation to form an approximately hexagonal unit as shown in ,Fig-

ure 1 and the sides of the openings preferably have integral depending flanges 9 to snugly contact with the side walls of the corresponding pans. The pans are inserted into the openings A with the horizontal flanges 6 of the pans in contact with the frame as shown in Figures 3 and 5, and the pans are secured in the frame by tongues I which are struck up from the flanges 9 of the frame and are clinched through openings H in the horizontal flanges of the pans as shown in Figures and 6.

.The tops of the pans being equi-laterally hexagonal, each of at least three sides of each pan may be disposed in abutting relation to one side of another pan, and as shown, six of the pans may be arranged in surrounding relation to the seventh pan with each side'of the seventh pan in contact with one side of each of the six surrounding pans. It will 'be observed that the angles of the tops of the pans are 'complemental to each other so that the pans may be arranged in directly contacting relation with no spaces between them and furthermore, the general perimetral contour of the unit including the seven pans approximates a circle. This construction and arrangement of the pans is highly advantageous in the making of a plurality of pies, one in each pan. In making the pies a single bottom crust is placed over all of the pans with its edges overhanging the flanges I, and a similar top crust is laid over the filling of the pie with its edges also overlying the flanges l. These two crusts cally utilized. There are no spaces between the pans to become clogged with pieces of trimmings and therefore there will be no loss of dough in such spaces and there is no likelihood of pieces of dough being deposited on the surfaces of the pies.

The pans have no sharp angles between the various side walls or between the side walls and terials. The unit permits the crust to be rolled thin and yet conform to the contour of the unit without stretching of the crust to the breaking point, which occurs where square or circular pans are used; and obviously thin crusts are desirable as they result in more delectable pies. The pies made in the pans are attractive and symmetrical in shape and will withstand rough handling without injury.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A multiple baking pan comprising a plurality of separate pans each equilaterally hexagonal in plan, and a frame connecting said pans together with their top edges in a common plane and with each of at least three sides of each pan in abutting relation to one side of another pan.

2. A multiple baking pan comprising at least seven identical separate pans each equilaterally hexagonal in plan, and a frame connecting said pans together with their top edges in a common plane and with six pans surrounding the seventh, each of said six pans having one side in contact with each side of said seventh pan..

3. A baking pan having a circular bottom and upstanding outwardly flared side walls the portions of which adjacent the bottom are approximately conical and the upper edge portions of which'are equilaterally hexagonal in plan.

4. A multiple baking pan comprising a plurality of separate pans each equilaterally hexagonal in plan and having a perimetral upstanding flange, and a frame connecting said pans together with the top edges of said perimetral flanges in a common plane and with each of at least three saidperimetral flanges of each pan in abutting relationto one perimetral flange of another pan.

5. A baking pan, having a circular bottom and upstanding outwardly flared side walls the portions of which adjacent the bottom are. approximately conical and the upper edge portions of which are equilaterally hexagonal in plan, said pan having an upstanding perimetral flange.

6. A multiple baking pan comprising a plurality of separate pans each equilaterally hexagonal in plan and having a horizontal marginal flange adjacent its top and a perimetral upstanding flange projecting from said marginal flange, and a frame connecting said pans together with the top edges of said perimetral flanges in a common plane and with each of at least three said perimetral flanges of each pan in abutting relation to one perimetral flange o a er Pe seven identical pans each equilaterally hexagonal in plan and connected together with their top edges in a common plane and with six pans surounding the seventh, each of said six pans having oneside-coincident with each side of said seventh pan.

FREDERICK W. BIRKENHAUER.

8. A multiple baking pan comprising at least 

